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With the Memorial Tournament about three weeks away, the renovation of the clubhouse at Muirfield Village Golf Club is on schedule, according to Nicholas LaRocca, the club’s general manager and chief operating officer. The scaffolding is scheduled to be removed next week.

Golf

12-year-old misses cut in China; 16-year-old makes it

Ye Wocheng, 12, the youngest player to compete in a European Tour event, missed
the cut and
Mikko Ilonen of Finland tied the course record with a 9-under-par 63 for a
three-shot lead at the China Open in Tianjin. Ye shot consecutive 79s and missed the cut missed the
cut by 14 shots.

But China’s
Dou Zecheng became the youngest at 16 to make the tournament cut with a 2-under
total.

“I am happy with my scores, and feel excited to make the cut, so I will enjoy my game through
the weekend,” said Dou, who will try to qualify for the U.S. Open. “I am not thinking too much
about my score, just try my best, and get some more experience.”

Ilonen birdied four of his last five holes to finish at 12 under and move ahead of Australia’s
Brett Rumford and Thailand’s
Kiradech Aphibarnrat.

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Ariya Jutanugarn, 17, weathered the wind and kept her lead after two rounds of the
LPGA Tour’s Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Va. Jutanugarn shot an even-par 71 that left
her at 7 under, a shot ahead of second-ranked
Stacy Lewis and
Angela Stanford on the windswept River Course.

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Mike Goodes shot a 3-under 69 in wind that gusted to 30 mph to take a one-stroke
lead after the first round of the Champions Tour’s Insperity Championship in The Woodlands, Texas.
Only seven players in the 81-man field broke par.

Boxing

Mayweather is set for first fight in year

He claims to be more mature now, chastened by a stay in jail and eager to be just as much a
businessman as a fighter. Indeed,
Floyd Mayweather Jr. acted almost statesmanlike earlier this week when
Robert Guerrero’s father began screaming that Mayweather was a woman beater who
would finally get beaten himself tonight.

“The fighters are the ones who fight, not the fathers,” Mayweather said calmly.

If it’s an act, it’s a pretty good one. Armed with a new six-fight television deal with Showtime
that should keep him the world’s highest-paid athlete, Mayweather has for the most part taken the
high road while promoting his fight against Robert Guerrero as must-see TV for anyone who has an
extra $69.95 for the pay-per-view broadcast.

Mayweather weighed in at 146 pounds yesterday. Guerrero checked in at the welterweight limit of
147.

The two meet in a scheduled 12-round World Boxing Council title match at the MGM Grand Garden
Arena in Las Vegas in what will be Mayweather’s first fight in a year. It also is his first ring
appearance since serving a jail term for assaulting the mother of his children.

“I didn’t know who he was a year ago,” Mayweather (43-0) said of Guerrero (31-1-1), who waged a
public campaign to get the fight. “I probably heard his name in passing but didn’t know who the guy
was. But he’s earned his shot, and now he’ll get it.”